American college football season
The 1945 Vanderbilt Commodores football team was an American football team that represented Vanderbilt University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1945 college football season. In their second year under head coach Doby Bartling, the Commodores complied an overall record of 3–6, with a conference record of 2–4, and finished ninth in the SEC.[1]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 29 | Tennessee Tech* | | W 12–0 | 7,000 | [2] |
October 6 | Ole Miss | - Dudley Field
- Nashville, TN (rivalry)
| L 7–14 | 8,000 | [3] |
October 13 | at Florida | | W 7–0 | 17,000 | [4] |
October 20 | Kentucky | - Dudley Field
- Nashville, TN (rivalry)
| W 19–6 | 10,000 | [5] |
October 27 | at No. 13 LSU | | L 7–39 | 22,000 | [6] |
November 3 | VMI*![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Dudley Field
- Nashville, TN
| L 13–27 | 5,000 | [7] |
November 10 | Chattanooga* | - Dudley Field
- Nashville, TN
| L 6–13 | 500 | [8] |
November 17 | No. 3 Alabama | - Dudley Field
- Nashville, TN
| L 0–71 | 10,000 | [9] |
December 1 | at No. 17 Tennessee | | L 0–45 | 15,000 | [10] |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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- ^ "1945 Vanderbilt Commodores Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "TPI is beaten by Vanderbilt". The Chattanooga Times. September 30, 1945. Retrieved October 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ole Miss scores 14–7 victory over Vandy Commodores". The Jackson Sun. October 7, 1945. Retrieved October 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vandy noses out Gators, 7–0, in battle full of fumbles". The Atlanta Journal. October 14, 1945. Retrieved October 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kentucky is maules by Vandy as Commodores win by 19 to 6". The Park City Daily News. October 21, 1945. Retrieved October 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LSU Tigers claw Vandy". The Macon Telegraph and News. October 28, 1945. Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vandy bows before fast VMI, 27–13". The Knoxville Journal. November 4, 1945. Retrieved January 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Chattanooga dunks Vandy 13 to 6 in Dudley Field mud". The Nashville Tennessean. November 11, 1945. Retrieved September 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alabama rumbles ahead 71–0". The Decatur Daily. November 18, 1945. Retrieved October 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee turns on power; Defeats Vanderbilt, 45–0". The Shreveport Times. December 2, 1945. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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